Epic Battle Between Lions and a Roan Antelope
Sandro Geyser was in the Okavango Delta when he managed to capture this dramatic and emotional sightings on film!
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"At the scene near camp Khwai, we saw two lionesses lying in the shade on a blistering hot day. After a while we returned to camp for brunch and around 40 min later we returned to the lions to see if anything had changed. Upon arrival, we noticed there were no lions in the shade, but when we looked to the other side of us we saw the lions already on the roan antelope less than 15 meters from us. The initial attack was only witnessed by the people in our car and we were the only people that witnessed everything from start to finish."
"Initial emotions were emotions of excitement at being able to see such a rare sighting in broad daylight. However, as the day unfolded feelings of sorrow and heroics developed towards the struggling roan. Battered and bruised, the roan was fighting for survival."
"By the time we had to leave late afternoon both the roan and lions were lying in the shade, mere meters away from each other. It seemed as if there was a truce between them. We returned to the scene the next morning, but didn’t see anything. I am of the opinion that the roan died somewhere during the night, but no one knows for sure. One can only assume what happened in the end."
"I have been privileged to see many rare animal sightings and behaviours throughout Southern Africa, but this tops the list as the most touching and memorable sighting. Almost as if there was an emotional connection”.
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You are the best, no stupid music, just natural sound! Fantastic !!!
He is bad guy if I was there I save her
Hey Daniel, I'm so glad somebody agrees with me, i HATE! when some of these people add stupid music to these videos, and it seems to always be that same cinematic tune. Good observation.
Once you saw the lionesses biting the hinder parts, it was over. They knew it, but the brave and valiant strove on. This is testimony that most creatures truly want to live..... with all their might. Looking forward to that day.
Adrenalin on the escape, once that wore off and the pain set in it's over. Creature stood up perfectly erect after the first attack, and from that point on fell apart.
Brave and valiant...😆
it is just a biologic imperative in all creatures, nothing more, nothing less. Nothing todo with "truly wanting to live" or some "will power"
Yeah I'm curious back leg messed up what happened to front cuz they were fine at first
@@BoveeBabyThe lion's bit into parts of the spine (favourite strategy when dealing with large herbivores) in the gaps between the disks. When that happens ( as with any broken bone) , the body begins to stiffen and swells the perceived broken bone area to self immobilise to aid healing which unfortunately leads to motor /neuron soft tissue disruption, nerve pinching and so on, severely limiting its ability to control its own body, now this would be ok if it had the luxury of time and no predators around as they can recover within days but unfortunately not for this one...
That was incredible, the Roan, fighting for life with it's last breath!
If it wasnt stupid he wouldnt let them damage tendons - hind legs. Too late he realized what he needs to do. As usual with those stupid cattle breeds.
@@bosesebi6685 This would not have happened to an Oryx or Gemsbok, which has very long straight dagger like horns. This Roan antelope just did not have the right tools to defend himself properly.
@@juliusjohnson1660 Tell that to the Sable Antelope males, that 90% succesfully defend themselves against lion attacks with the bigger variety of these curved horns, perfect for defending the back, Roan Antelope just doesn't have the right reach of the horns. Gemsbok, while powerful and not as weak as most antelopes, aren't as aggressive as the Sable Antelope.
A witness of bravery beyond compare rip you beautiful roan.
Hewan hga ada ahllak
This is honestly of one the saddest videos I’ve ever seen in my life. The Roan will not give up. The damn thing can barely walk but it won’t give up. Puts so many things into perspective. The Roan doesn’t care that it can’t move. It just doesn’t want to die. It has an inherent will to live and it won’t go down without a fight. Awe inspiring. I have depression a lot, but nothing in my life could compare to this. Rest In Peace brave Roan, and thank you for the gift you’ve given me in witnessing your spirit fighting until the end. Never give up.
nicely said Jeff,i feel it to buddy 😞
Next time you eat chicken or beef, will you feel sad too?
Rest in peace brave roan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 wtf 🤣🤣🤣
Danny Hanson You should go back to school and learn how to properly construct a sentence. I think they teach that in 3rd grade.
upland77 The chickens and cows die a lot more humanely than being stalked and continually attacked while having a broken leg.
It doesn't rain, it pours! I saw some video footage just today from Rob the Ranger and it showed a couple of Roan Antelope. I've never seen or heard of them before today. Then this comes on and there's another! Wonderful stuff.
This is amazing but sorrow
Bless his heart ❤️
Fascinating footage! Nature knows no mercy, just consequences.
Xxx
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To live is the biggest gift ever, brave Roan you fought with all your might for your life, RIP
Hard to watch, but this goes on everyday.
Jimi Neutron dame thing goes on in society
This happens to us humans! Only the strong survive!
@@tapptom 1
Why do not make complete video....what happen after that
It's nature
Lamentablemente cero posibilidades de vida tenía apartir de los ataques que recibió, buen vídeo gracias por compartir 👌🏻
Olhei esse video muitas vezes. Lutou até o ultimo segundo pela vida. Que guerreira.
Esse antílope é um macho,as fêmeas tem o chifre curto
@Wagner Braga os ligamentos das pernas traseiras se romperam, aí ele não consegue mais suportar o próprio peso
The Roan inspires us to never ever give up in life no matter the circumstances..
It also inspires us to make sure you got a lil salt and pepper handy for the next Roan with a fuced up leg that kills over. #Team2Lions
Didn't work out too well for it, now did it?
@@datdudecee6298 thanks for ruining the whole point
@@KuninKat Seeing this Roan get it's asscheeks torn off by a pair of Lions while screaming like a worn out engine belt has INSPIRED me. Perhaps now, instead of getting my stack and balls chewed off by Lions...I won't feel as bad getting chewed on by the worse predator that Roans😏 this earth...People. Thank you for that perspective...and thank the Roan for sacrificing it's leg sinews so I could learn that lesson. 🤪
Sorry @Moriarty...those "jokes" WOOSHED right over my head. "Neckbeard"?? "Browse Reddit"?? I don't get it
You guys never clickbait, and I just subscribed it was long overdue. I was actually waiting for a video of your to come to recommended list so I could subscribe.
Great footage
Sad. My heart cried
If you people didn’t realize, the problem why that antelope couldn’t stand anymore is that the lions bit through and tore a connecting ligament to the left hind leg. It therefore cannot support its own weight.
Thank you captain obvi
Mthwakazian Mthwakazian anybody who is wise enough to open KZhead can see that :)
Really?? Wow..we never would have guessed that!!!
Actually you're all wrong. The lioness severed the spinal cord and partially disabled it. The Lionesses waited it out before it gave in.
CJ Zanders that’s what I figured. Who is this idiot talking about a torn ligament? Lol
Such a powerful and handsome antelope. Great vid. Wonder what percentage of lion kills in the Kruger are Roan?
how beautiful these creatures are
Qué hermoso animal, tan valiente, lamento que haya tenido ese final.
Cleverly destroyed his hind tendon rendering him unable to walk.
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Till the end!
Your video are always just a piece - we want to watch more ...
This is why I love the wild and Africa it shows how life really is, brutal and unforgiving, only the strong survive
Your comment inspire me
You ever seen footage of chimpanzees hunting? This is fucking child’s play compared to what those sick fucks do. At least lions kill their prey before eating them.
@@kevray, Not always, sometimes they eat their prey alive as well.
Sometimes the strong get tired and die anyway
Africa is brutal everywhere am an African I know kkkkkkkkk
This is a lesson in our lives . Fight on to the very end .
It still died. Where is the lesson?
A true warrior.
Roan antelopes are formidable prey! Rip big fella
Never give up
3:35. The deer is like" just when you think you're out,they pull you back in!"
It isn’t a deer, it’s an antelope.
Its so wonderful i never seen before ❤❤❤💫
Lions know when they're injured and won't give up
Every living thing has a will to live and survive no matter what their conditions are, and watching this video the Roan did exactly that. We all have 1 life to live so live it up and proud. RIP Roan.
It didn't survive though, stop stroking your ego
@@Br0kenMask Stfu libtard. Stop inserting the ego argument into everything.
@@westernsavage2313 this guy is wrong on so many levels. He just tries to make himself feel better with his cringy pro-life drivel. No not every living thing has a will to live and no, that Roan didn't survive with that kind of injury in the wild. And also what do you mean by "into everything"? How many comments of mine did you read that had the ego argument in it? seems to me, you are the 'libtard'
Fought to the end😂😂what bravery. Rip to Roan.
Most inspirational video never give up in life ur enemies always but u down 🐕
in tears
The antelope fought so hard to survive!😢
What a useless effort. Born, eat, run for life, eat, run for life, eat, give birth to the next generation, repeat the loop.
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@@typingcat all wild animals are in survival mode though
@@BreakTheIce222 Yeah, that is why I think the nature sucks, unlike most other people on KZhead who think that the nature is some sort of paradise. It may look beautiful if you see it in a picture taken from far away, but I think it is more like a hell.
I found this heart-rending to watch Nada.Sandro Geyser is right saying this was a very touching and emotional sighting.The roan was so brave to get up and face the two lionesses off,even though you could see it had been badly injured..even when the lioness crept up on it on the road and attacked,it still fought back as best it could:you could see the terrible injuries to the legs as the roan still kept doggedly on...trying so hard till it collapsed in total exhaustion under the tree.This reminds me of the buffalo "kill" heard by the dam that lasted over forty minutes and that incredibly brave impala that stood up and refused to just give in..if this shows anything..it is the unending perseverance of the lions;and one very courageous roan.It is nature's law and it can sometimes be horrifically cruel.
Great to hear from you! I haven't seen a Comment in a while
👍Nadav.
Am sorry but if you think this is bad then try watching 2 wild dogs rip in half a baby impala whilst it's still alive search it for your own eyes it's insane
I don't find this heart rending it's evidence of a healthy ecosystem.
Yes, the Roan was brave and had a lot of heart. It was hard to watch but still amazing to see
ممنون از کلیپ های زیباتون .
Tội nghiệp quá 🥺🥺
Roan, Sable, Gemsbok and Eland are the true WARRIOR antelopes !! 💙them!
Eland not much though.
That antelope never give up
Amazing video 👍👍👍
COMPLIMENTI X IL VIDEO SONORO NATURALE COMPLIMENTI ❤
This isn't even epic. This was just demoralizing for the antelope. Lions always aim for the spine so it had no chance, and they were nibbling on its hind limbs at the beginning. Rest in peace Mr. Antelope. The lions will continue to live on for your sacrifice ❤
Even a Buffalo 🐃 couldn't have fought like this antelope did, best fighter in the jungle. Unfortunately the injuries are too severe for it to survive another day, lions will stalk it until the end.
Ottimo video con gli animali ke su sentono
wow. number one .verygood.
If he had managed to defend himself before being attacked, it would have been easy but in the beginning, he must have tried to escape and was caught
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Here but too afraid to watch! Gave a 👍 though. Cheers! 👋😊
Annie he he could have watched it wasn't brutal.
Did the poor antelope get killed? 🤔 Any / all death at the hands, paws, claws or jaws of another is brutal to me 🙅👎😭 besides mosquitoes, cockroahes and depending on the circumstance (fight or flight), maybe centipedes and scorpions too. 🦂 My birth sign is Scorpio BTW. 😁😁
Annie ......ha ha sensitive viewer.Nope the video doesn't show what happens at the end...it manage to escape for time being but Lionesses keep trying and the antelope is too weak.
Sensitive Annie...🤞
Thanksss Rohit 👍😘 ... that's more than enough to put me right off! 😁😁
ល្អមើល
Very nice
Poor little guy. He sure encouraged me to keep fighting and moving until the end. 🙋🏾♂️👀
Did he really?
Sad, but the lions were smart enough to move back from his neck (sharp horns danger) to injuring his hind legs, so that they were eventually guaranteed their huge bounty. Nature in all its gory glory.
Yes
@@dallas-sf1ib yep.
Kudos to that antelope. Fought to the end. Lions wouldn't dare get near it until it collapses from exhaustion.
With the right connection, those antlers could inflict serious damage to the lionesses. They know they have to be calculated in their approach or they could sustain a fatal injury.
The wild is absolutely unforgiving!
It sucks major when you can't walk anymore ......something most of us will have to deal with at one time in our lives . The lionesses did a thorough job on the Roan's hind legs tendons ..
That antelope was huge! To bad it was injured
Injured by the lion who are experts at always disabling leg joints of their prey. They go right for the bite into the joints.
RimeTime yeah I know They don’t do that with the zebras tho They know it’s not a good idea Knows what’s coming after the bite
Indeed, roans are the third antelope species in size, only behind the two eland species.
What fascinating footage I must admit tho I don't think I've wanted to help an animal on your channel as much as I wanted to help the roan
A imagem é impressionante
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Damn, usually I root for the predictor in these videos but this Roan had me rooting for him to live. He went down but it wasn't easy
nordy259 I always root for the prey
o mundo e cruel desde que existe se o antílope não quebrasse a perna teria fugido mt corajoso a pesar de td 😔
I always root for the underdog. Wonder why. It's the lion we are taught to respect, to use as a model.
Raw brutal sadness! It hurts men to see an animal in pain and suffering.
It's only a matter of time before something eats it. That's nature and oddly enough, that's where we belong. We always forget this.
the real boyka! hope he heals soon and live some life.
Maybe im getting soft but this is down right sad seeing that animal struggle like that
Why would compassion make you soft? Stop trying to live unnaturally. You’re a human. Not a robot.
You should feel sad watching this. If you didn’t feel sad I’d be concerned!
I don’t feel sad at all. If your mad the animal is fixing ready to be brunch, Get mad at god. I’m tired you animal lovers in the comment section with your empathizing ass comments. Underrated 77 if your ass was on the the ground with a punk cop knee on your neck . You think anybody going to show you empathy.
@@myronwilliams262 Thanks for sharing 🙂
@@underrated7725 and how do you get soft when you was never hard chump. What yard was you on
Will to live .. Brave heart
Of course this is the only way the lions can prevail in many situations like this by great cooperation. One on one I’m picking the roan hands down.
Why your maximum video is not complete ????
El mundo hací funciona. Todo tiene un motivo. Saludos you tubers
My word! I’ve never even seen a roan antelope. Difficult to watch but incredible sighting.
والله احتا زوين بزف هدا الغابة فين كين😃😃😃
Parabens para esses safaris que mostram para nos como a naturreza selvagem è sem cortes nem censura. No mundo selvagem nao se improvisa nada,, nem tem como ensaiar uma peça de teatro : As cousa sao como elas sao.
That will to live is iron solid. He lost, and probably knew he was always going to, but he fought until the last breath.
SHE LOST, SHE WAS, BUT SHE FOUGHT UNTIL THE LAST BREATH
Holly sh....those horns are like terrifying daggers...and that brave dude knows how to use 'em...!!!
Looks like Roan is back on the menu!
Antelope looking like he just finished leg day
LUCHAR HASTA LA MUERTE PARA TRATAR DE SOBREVIVIR,VALIENTE ANIMAL 😢💪💪💪
Roan fighting spirit is all we need in life
Senseless video
It’s very interesting to see how these animals have a will to survive!
Now that's a polite move of the Roan to move itself into the shadow so the lions can have lunch without risking a sunburn. Probably a Canadian Roam
lol
So tragic!
You always tease with these videos. Where's the rest of it?
Lions were waiting for their time to turn positive... They had half cooked their meal earlier... I'm sure they had a good meal later... But hats off to the antelope for its never give up attitude.. 👍
In the end, Mr. Roan decided he had had enough fun in life and donated himself to lions.
Damn, that antelope was one hell of a fighter!! No amount of determination will fix some injuries though. Once again mother nature weilds no mercy in deciding who is fit and who is fucked.
Well said.
Where is the complete video? Did he survive? Did the lions leave?
So Heartbreak Video
Finally!!! Footage of the mighty ROAN Antelope, they dont play
🔥😭
"epic battle"? more like lions tear a nerve and wait for antelope to die
A helpless but brave huge antelope
Lions : See how our food is moving here and there.
Sharp pain and lost of blood brought him down.
Nope, it's ligament was severed. Lions know what they're doing
he should live , he is such a fighter ...
Nah. Antelope = food
Nice
Quel spectacle ! Aucun sentiment ! On suit minute par minute la séance de tortures et on attend la mise à mort pour enfin jubiler.! Que du dégoût de voir des gents fascinés par des luttes pour la survie. Et on film avec plaisir. Laissez la nature avec tous ses drames et secrets. ! .....
The term 'epic' was used quite loosely here
Marty ES gooli mar do lion ko
Pooja Rani damn Poojy what kinda shit you on brah, I ain't understand a thing you said my boy
Marty ES
Right? It’s like ppl don’t know what epic means. 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
Yeah, you know it's as good as done once you see how badly the antelope is limping.
Awwwwww...DAAAM So Sad for that Poor Roan..Wanted to Get in THERE and Help It ESCAPE...Hes a FIGHTER..We All Wanna Fight For LIFE..All the Creatures on THIS PLANET!!!
The Lion's were just toying with this Vilda Beast, both hind legs damaged. The Lion's knew she wouldn't be going to far. It's like Mama calling the twins & saying " dinners on the table!
Sable Antelopes aren't often prey for lions though, at least the males ain't.
But any commentary on what actually made the Roan's body start to sieze up? At first his leg was obviously damaged? But confused on how or why his whole body froze up???